Welcome to Good Shepherd Catholic Parish in Madison, Wisconsin. We hope you will come and experience the joy of the Risen Christ with us. You can learn much about us through this site and we encourage you to view it often, as it updates frequently to reflect our many opportunities for faith filled sacraments, service, education and fellowship.Good Shepherd Catholic Parish comprises over 800 family units with two church sites and a school. In 2012, Saint Joseph Parish and Saint James Parish were merged to become Good Shepherd Parish. Saint Joseph Parish first began in 1916 on Park Street near Regent in the old Greenbush neighborhood - a neighborhood with a strong Italian Catholic heritage. Saint James Parish began in 1904 at its current site in order to accommodate the growing German Catholic population of Madison. Today, in addition to those two former congregations, Good Shepherd also has a large Spanish-speaking community which meets at the Saint Joseph site.Our Saint James School is the oldest private or parochial school in Madison and was established in 1905. We are blessed to have a three- and four-year-old program as well as kindergarten through eighth grade.Come! Join us at one of our liturgies and special events.

Mass Times

Weekends:
Saturday at 5:15 pm
June-November - St. Joseph
December-May - St. James

Welcome Our 2 Newest Parishioners:We are so happy to welcome Benedicta Johanne Agbo, daughter of Koffi Agbo and Afi Abiba Agbo and Benjamin David Koehler, son of John and Elizabeth Koehler.

RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTSIs God calling you to receive Baptism in the Catholic Church? Or are you baptized but have not received the sacraments of confirmation or Eucharist? Or are you interested or know someone who is interested in knowing more about the Catholic Church? RCIA class will be starting in the Fall. If you would like more information please call Sr. Zita at 268- 9934.

Time for Donations to the 2018Fall Festival: Trash ‘N Treasure Sale -IT IS TIME AGAIN for your generous donations to the 2018 Fall Festival Trash ‘N Treasure Sale - Reminder, NO Computer Equipment and NO Clothing, please give these items to St. Vincent DePaul. Please, only working electronics, it costs us too much to dispose of them. Items can be dropped off at the St. Joseph Church Site or St. James School in the designated bins. BOOK SALE!!! We will once again be having our awesome sale of books! We are now accepting your used books and DVD’s. (Please no encyclopedias or VHS cassettes.) HELP NEEDED We will welcome people to work with us on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 am - 4pm. You are welcome to stop in any Tuesday or Wednesday and lend a hand.

COOKIE ROLLING Starts Monday, August 27Betty Schuchardt, along with Paul Scott, have been in charge of the pfeffernuesse cookie operation at our church for many years. Betty has decided that it is time for her to step down from her responsibilities. So we are looking for 1, 2 or 3 people to take over the specific jobs Betty does: 1) Ordering supplies - Usually performed 2 - 3 times during the rolling season, this person needs to check our supplies, order what is needed from Sysco, check in the order and pay the company. 2) Leading the Tuesday afternoon rolling operation - This person will come in and set up the room, insure that things are going well, and make sure that the area is clean after rolling is finished. 3) Organizing volunteers - This person will work with Paul to insure that there are people for all of the required positions for mixing, scraping, baking and bagging. Betty will continue to participate as a cookie roller and will be happy to mentor anyone interested in taking on these responsibilities. If you can take over one of these positions, please contact Anne at the office.

Events

August

St. James School Has a New Principal

We would like to introduce our new principal, Randy Enders. He is from Madison, where he graduated from LaFollette and was confirmed at St. Dennis Parish. He brings 13 years of educational experience in a wide variety of rolls. Randy has teaching experience at both the 4th grade and 6th grade, in multiple subjects. Along with his teaching experience, he was an elementary summer school principal and currently works as the Associate Principal at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie. His wife, Erica, is a middle school teacher in Sun Prairie where they reside. With two sons, Edward (4) and William (2), dogs Gracie and Gizmo, their house is full of energy as they love spending their free time together.

Our New School Secretary at St. James School is Julie Grosse

Mrs. Julie Grosse has been hired as our new secretary at St. James School. Julie is well known amongst the families, students and staff at St. James. Julie is the mother of two students, Zach and Hailey, and two alumnae, Gabby and Amber. We are so happy to know that Julie will be welcoming, guiding and organizing our school. Welcome, Julie Grosse. We can't wait for school to start to have you at the helm in the office.

New Business Manager for Good Shepherd Parish

My name is Lisa Harrington. I was raised in Oregon and was a member of Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church. I joined St James Church, married the love of my life Bill Harrington, and we raised two wonderful children who graduated from St James School and Edgewood High School. Zach lives and works in Chicago, and Samantha lives in Madison and is attending Edgewood College. I earned my degree in business management from Grand Canyon University. I worked for Monroe Clinic the past 7-1/3 years and was Director of the Revenue Cycle over patient financial services, insurance, and coding operations. I am honored to join the staff of Good Shepherd Catholic Parish as your business manager.

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St. James Church 1128 St. James Ct 53715St. Joseph Church 1905 W. Beltline Hwy. 53713Madison, WI